Fence structure.



PATENTED DEC. 10, 1907. N. B. DIXON.

, FENCE STRUCTURE.

APPLICATION FILED MAY 18, 1907.

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FENCE STRUCTURE. APPLIOATION FILED MAY 18, 1907.

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NAPOLEON B. DIXON, OF DIXIE, ALABAMA.

FENCE STRUCTURE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 10, 1907.

Application filed May 18- 1907- Serial No. 374-399.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, NAPOLEON B. DIXON, citizen of the United States, residing at Dixie, in the county of Escambia and State of Alabama, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Fence Structures, of which the following is a specification.

This invention contemplates certain new and useful improvements in fences and the invention has for its object an improved fence structure which will be cheap to manufacture, of attractive appearance and, durable.

The invention consists in certain constructions and arrangements of the parts which I shall hereinafter fully describe and then point out the novel features in the appended claims.

For a full understandin 0f the invention and the merits thereof an also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction 'of the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a perspective view of a fence post embodying the improvements of my invention; Fig. 2 is a side view of the fence structure on a reduced scale; Fig. 3 is a transverse sectional view of the post; and, Fig. 4 is a face view of my improved fence structure as embodied in a gate.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the followin' description and indicated in all the views 0 the drawings by the same reference characters.

Referring to the drawings, the numeral 1 designates the post of my improved fence structure, said post being composed of a single strip of metal doubled upon itself intermediate of its ends to form two members that extend close together throughout the major portion of their length and which are then bent outwardly as indicated at 2 and thence downwardly with pointed extremities 8. The portions 2 and 3 constitute the base or foot of the post and the pointed extremities 3 enable the post to be easily driven into the ground. a

The two members of the post are formed with registering undulations 4 that produce pockets for the reception of the rails 'or wires, and between these undulations the two members of. the post are secured together by clamping bolts 5, the action of which is to bind said members tightly so as to securely hold the rails and wires between the same. 6 designates upper and lower shackle bolts with eyes.

The fence which is supported by a series of these posts 1 and of which said posts form a part, may consist of a number of rails 7 held in the pockets formed by the undulations 4 and clamped therein by the bolts 5, and a series of wires 8, although it is manifest that my invention is not limited to the use of both rails and wires, as either may be employed.

Brace rods- 9 are secured to one of the clamping bolts 5 at one end and tothe feet or outwardly extending portions 2 at their other ends, so as to brace the post. In the present instance, as shown, these brace rods 9 are composed of lengths of twisted wire that are provided at their u per ends with eyes 9 by which they encirc e the clamping bolts 5. The said brace rods 9 diverge as they extend downwardly and pass through openings formed to receive them in angular brace plates 11 that are secured on opposite sides of the post by the same clamping bolt by which the brace rods are secured. The brace rods 9 also extend downwardly through openings in the foot portions of the post and are adapted to the lower pointe ends of the said foot portions. Each brace rod 9 is formed with a knob or other form of protuberance 10' adapted to abut against the horizontally extending portion of the foot so as to limit the downward movement of the brace rod. The brace rods serve as locking means to assist in holding the post in the ground, and it is intended that the post be first driven into the ground without the locking rods, and the locking rods or brace rods 9 afterwards applied. Conversely, the brace rods 9 are withdrawn before the post is taken up.

It is to be particularly noted that by means of my improved fence post and the undulations thereof, the beams of the fence may be constructed either of wire or of wooden rails. It is also to be understood that a gate may be formed in the fence at any point by merely cutting ofi the foot por- (project outwardly beyond by an animal poking its nose under the same. The gate may be easily removed whenever desired by turning the upwardly extending hook and its complemental loop downwardly.

A fence constructed with posts embodying my invention may be easily applied on either level or uneven ground and may be easily taken up and moved whenever desired.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

1. A fence post, consisting of a single length of metal doubled upon itself at its middle to form two members, the ends of said strip projecting outwardly away from each other and thence at an angle, the extremities being pointed, the two members of the post being formed with registering undulations adapted to form pockets for rails or the like, clamping bolts extending through said members and adapted to clamp the rails in said pockets, brace rods secured to one of said clamping bolts and to the oppositely-extending ends of the strip, and angular brace plates secured to the bolt to which the brace rods are attached and provided with holes through which said brace rods extend.

2. A fence post consisting of an integral strip of metal doubled upon itself at an intermediate point, the ends extending away from each other and thence downwardly whereby to form feet, the two members of the strip being provided with undulations constituting pockets for the reception of wires or the like, clamping bolts extending through said members and brace rods secured to one of said clamping bolts and to the oppositely extending ends of the strip.

3. A fence post consisting of an integral strip of metal doubled upon itself at an intermediate point, the ends extending away from each other and thence downwardly to form feet, the two members of the strip being designed to receive rails or wires between them, clamping bolts extending through said. members, and brace rods provided at their upper ends with eyes, by which they are received 011 one of said clamping bolts, the brace rods extending downwardly therefrom, the outwardly extending portions of the strip being formed with holes through which the brace rods extend, and the latter being formed with protuberances 10 adapted to abut against the outwardly extending portions of the strip, as and for the purpose set forth.

In testimony whereof I allix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

NAPOLEON B. DIXON. itnesses SAMUEL J. Whrnosmox, GEORGE \V. MILLER. 

